ISBN10: 0802095844, ISBN13: 9780802095848, [publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada] Softcover 444 pp. with B/W illustrations. Edgeworn with slight curl to lower corner of front cover. Shallow 2" crease at middle of back cover. "Over the past decade, scholars and policy makers interested in Canadian multiculturalism have begun to take religion much more seriously, and Christian communities have become increasingly aware of the impact of ethnic diversity on church life. Until very recently, however, almost no systematic academic attention has been paid to the intersection between the ethnic and religious identities of individuals or communities. This gap in both our academic literature and our public discourse is an obstacle to understanding and integrating the large numbers of 'ethnic Christians,' most of whom either join existing Canadian churches or create ethnically specific congregations. [In this book] eleven scholars explore the complex relationships between religious and ethnic identity within nine major Christian traditions in Canada. The contributors discuss the ways in which changes in the ethnic composition of these traditions influence religious practice and identity, as well as how the nine religious traditions influence communal and individual ethnic identities. An introductory chapter by Paul Bramadat and David Seljak provides a thorough discussion of the theoretical, historical, and empirical issues ...